Avan Jogia Reveals Why He Was Almost Fired From 'Victorious' In Season 1

Avan Jogia is dishing on his time on Nickelodeon.

The 34-year-old starred on the network in the musical series Victorious as bad boy Beck Oliver throughout the four seasons.

While promoting his new series 56 Days, Avan revealed that he was almost fired from Victorious in the first season.

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Why was he almost fired? “For just not being good,” he said on the Zach Sang Show.

“It was old school, like, you know, that old Hollywood thing. It was like, ‘Yeah, kid. You better pick up your lines,’” he continued. “And I also just, I’d come from doing drama, going back to like is there a difference between commercials and kids television? Not really. I just didn’t understand the rhythm of the medium of multi-camera.”

“And I’m here just doing all this internal work and they’re just like, ‘You got to pick it up, man. It’s not… louder and funnier,’” Avan said.

He did note that he did learn a valuable lesson while working on Victorious.

“I’ve taken that into my life. Just know what thing you’re in, right? Know the show that you’re in. Like, the rules don’t apply to this show that would apply to 56 Days. Those rules don’t apply,” he shared. “It’s a different universe. It has a different rhythmic quality. As a performer, you need to adapt to that. It would be like singing, I guess the reference would be like, it would be like singing Broadway in a pop tune. It just wouldn’t, it would just hit the ear wrong, you know, or like a shoe gaze song. There’s a reason why certain vocalists don’t do certain things. So like understanding the medium.”

“We’re all actors, but knowing the medium of multi-camera versus knowing something like 56 Days that’s more drama and the quality of what how it’s shot, you know,” Avan added.

He also shared how he knew co-star Victoria Justice before starring together in the show.

If you missed it, there’s a new Victorious sequel series coming to Netflix!